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Monday, September 29, 2008

Scallop FlowersThis week's NMBS blog challenge is hosted by Maggie. She posted a fantastic sketch challenge for us this week. Just like Maggie, I love sketch challenges.Here is the card I created for the challenge. I used the Washington Apple DSP (in the new Fall/Winter Stampin' Up! catalog) and the coordinating colors of cardstock. I used the scalloped circle punch and my paper snips to create the flowers. Don't you just love how these cute flowers turned out?

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge was perfect and so much fun. I am designing cards this weekend for my upcoming classes and for my swaps. My card uses the new Ghostly Greetings DSP from the F/W catalog, and a new set from the Holiday Mini.

I love the magazine "Domino" so much and today on SCS the inspiration challenge was to use a room from the Domino photo galleries for inspiration. It was very hard to choose from the 50 rooms but I chose to use this room for my inspiration. I love the crisp, clean look of the room.Here is the card I created. I used an older, but still current, favorite set , Baroque Motifs. I stamped the large swirl background using Baja Breeze ink onto Baja Breeze cardstock to give that tone on tone look (notice the wall of the room, it has this behind the pictures). Then the other images are stamped and the baja breeze medallion is cut out and popped up using dimenisonals. The center image is stamped in basic black and punched out using the 1/2" circle punch and is popped up using dimensionals and has a sweet little rhinestone brad in the center.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Today is Wednesday, and that means Sketch Challenge on SCS. I absolutely love this sketch with all the layers. I used fall colors even though the temperature today in Phoenix is 101 degrees.I used the Upsy Daisy set, which is one of favorite new sets and the DSP Prints Tangerine Tango which I also think is fabulous.

Color Challenge on SCS yesterday was this fabulous color combo - Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss. Here is the card I created using these colors. I also used my new hostess set from the Fall/Winter Stampin' Up! catalog. The sentiment is popped up with dimensionals.

Got Swaps? Yes I do. I participated in a recent NMBS New F/W set swap, and mailed them out last week. Here is the card I designed using the Eastern Blooms set and one of my favorite color combinations.

It was my weekend to host the challenge on the N.M.B.S. group blog. My challenge was to use paperpiecing on your card. It is a great way to add interest to the stamped image. My sample uses Sweet Always DSP. This is a card I created for the last N.M.B.S. New F/W set swap.

Not sure how to do this? Paper Piecing 101: Stamp your image on the card stock first, then onto your DSP. Cut out the image you stamped to paper piece on the DSP on the outside of the stamped lines so you still see the lines. Apply adhesive to the back of the cut out images and place over the stamped image on your card stock. Complete your card, by coloring in additional images, and adding embellishments.

Friday, September 12, 2008

I received this award on Tuesday from Chat (aka nitestamper on SCS) and a special friend of mine. I am finally getting around to accepting this wonderful award from Chat.You can check out her blog Me, My Stamps & I

Thanks Chat for giving me this wonderful award.

Now to keep with the rules of receiving this award:1) The winner can put the logo on their blog2) Link the person you received your award from3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs4) Put links of those blogs on yours5) Leave a message on the blogs of the blogs you’ve nominated.

I love looking at blogs of talented stampers and the following deserve to receive this award:

We made 3 Make & Take projects last night. These were so much fun and what great ideas to show everyone. I just love to stamp doesn't it show!! Here are my completed make & take projects.

Bag in a Box - Provided by Pam Hegarty

Halloween Acetate Treat Box - Provided by Pam Hegarty

Double Folded Pocket Card with Tags - provided by Anita

I was lucky enough to win the door prize at our meeting. How exciting!!! Diane made this adorable stationery box. It is filled with stamped note cards & envelopes, stamps, address book, and much more. Now I will have to bring the door prize to the next meeting.

...all of this and more are a part of the downline meetings which are held the second Thursday of each month. Last night was our meeting for September. We made 3 make & take projects, had a short business meeting, a door prize drawing and the card swap. The swap is always a highlight of the meetings and this month was no exception. The swap theme was fall/Halloween card fronts.Here are the swap cards we received:

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Today's Ways to Use It Challenge over on SCS was to use the White Gel pen on your card. I love using the white gel pen. The card I created uses the White gel Pen to make dots all around the layers of the card.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Today's Sketch Challenge combined with yesterday's Color Challenge is featured on the card that I created. I used the Fresh Cuts set and the colors Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red and Green Galore... I have never used this combo before and was a little concerned about the Green Galore. I think it turned out okay, what do you think?

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Fall is my favorite season and this challenge seemed like it was just for me. Thanks Vonda for a super challenge this week to make a Fall/October themed single serving goody bag, box, container, whatever!

Here is the what I came up with. A Bag in a Box using Haiku Designer Series Paper.

Congrats to Denise!!Denise (aka card crazy) on SCS was selected as Featured Stamper today. The challenge is to go to her gallery and choose a card to CASE and change at least 2 things when you create your card.

So here is the card I created for the challenge today. It is a pocket card, measuring 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" finished. I took an 8-1/4" x 4-1/4" piece of cardstock and scored at 1-1/4", and 4" from the left side, then folded on the score lines and secured the ends with sticky strip and brads to form the pocket. I loved using some of my favorite colors for fall.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Thank you Karen (aka imastampin) for a wonderful evening of fun, friends and stamping. I was invited to Karen's home for dinner, and a shoebox swap with some of her stampin' friends. We had great food and then got down to stamping.

I made these stampin' treats to give everyone. Karen put them at each place setting on the dinner table.To make the topper I used the Big Shot, Top Note Die and 20th Anniv. Embossix Die. Other items used: Haiku DSP, Med. cello bag, Small & Large Oval punches, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive and Whisper White Cardstock.

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